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开 本: 12开纸 张: 铜版纸包 装: 平装是否套装: 否国际标准书号ISBN: 9781400079797
“One of the many virtues of Heroes is that it values the
attraction of monumental history while underscoring its dangers. .
. . An enthralling book that achieves a felicitous compromise
between skepticism and wonder.” –The Wall Street
Journal
“Wonderful. . . . A great treat. . . . Gloriously packed with
meaningful curiosities, the kinds of things that make a historical
moment flash into being.” –The Washington Post Book
World
“Authoritative. . . . Artful. . . . [Hughes-Hallett] achieves a
balanced and well-assessed survey, with nimble wit, wide knowledge
and what seems like peerless insight.” –San Francisco
Chronicle
“Hughes-Hallett is a wonderful writer and these
stories—often-byzantine narratives of reversals and comebacks,
schemes and counterschemes—are carried by the graceful vigor of her
prose. . . . Thrilling and captivating.” –The Wilson
Quarterly
Europe, a magisterial exploration of the nature of heroism in
Western civilization.
In this riveting and insightful cultural history, Lucy
Hughes-Hallett brings to life eight exceptional men from history
and myth to explore our timeless need for heroes. As she re-creates
these extraordinary lives, Hughes-Hallett illuminates the
attractions and dangers of hero worship. This is a fascinating book
about dictatorship and democracy, seduction and mass hysteria,
politics and culture, and the tensions between being good and being
great.
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